Jeb Sharp
British car history, forgetting Tiananmen and Bohemian National Hall
Journalist and car aficionado Giles Chapman tells the tale of what Britain did to try to stave off disaster in its own auto industry in the 60′s and 70′s; The World’s Mary Kay Magistad explores China’s silence on Tiananmen Square and The World’s Alex Gallafent takes us to a bastion of Czech immigrant culture in New York City. Listen
The Lost Voices of Tiananmen Square
Revisit the events of 20 years ago with James Miles. He was the BBC’s China correspondent back then. He’s put together a documentary that weaves archival tape with present-day interviews. The audio brings back the intensity of the protests and the shock of the subsequent crackdown, and the contemporary reporting puts it in historical perspective. Listen
The Photographer
The World’s Clark Boyd introduces us to a graphic novel about a Doctors Without Borders mission into the war-torn Afghanistan of the 1980′s. Listen
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